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...Rhodes scholarship itself--though many schools bypass this process and instead endorse all their applicants outright. Harvard's complex, two-tiered endorsement committee consistently rejects more than half who apply. Before getting started, these potential Rhodes Scholars are stopped in their tracks, deemed unworthy by the committee of even having a shot at the mystical award...
...restricting the number of candidates it endorses for institutional reasons, then at the very least OCS can ensure a full accounting of candidates' worthiness by bringing its endorsement competition in line with the Rhodes selection procedures. This would mean including a full slate of letters of recommendation and perhaps even a round of interviews...
...interesting, if uncomfortable, bit of live drama, as for precious minutes the fumbling reporters tap-danced, giving useless definitions of certain Latin phrases as if to demonstrate that, even if they couldn't tell us who our next president was going to be, they were still worth their paychecks. On CNN, Roger Cossack seemed particularly lost and pitiable, hemming and hawing as Judy Woodruff pressed him on whether the decision ended the Gore campaign or not that it would be "irresponsible" to say anything conclusive before he'd read the whole opinion...
...Bill Daley sent out a written statement. "Al Gore and Joe Lieberman are now reviewing the 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court... we will address the decision in full detail at the appropriate time tomorrow." Even shorter. And in true Gore form, not quite code for a concession...
...imperturbably brilliant David Boies, who was heroic for a lawyer but made lousy company for a would-be statesman. And Gore, his cause completely wrapped up in theirs, made few successful attempts to distinguish himself from his legal lieutenants and their try-anything battle plan, which even a non-president must sometimes do for appearances' sake...